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Since 1997, the China Environment Forum has been active in creating programming and publications to encourage dialog among U.S. and Chinese scholars, policymakers, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations on environmental and energy challenges in China.
Current Initiative:
Environmental Health—With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, CEF is working with Western Kentucky University (WKU) on a new China Environmental Health Project (CEHP). This section includes research briefs on the human health impacts of polluted air, water, land and the policies and activism driving these and food safety.
Ongoing Initiatives:
Climate Change and Energy
Water
Environmental NGOs, Public Participation, and Governance
Job Seekers: Browse job listings in the field of China and the environment advertised through our network.
Students: Interested in China's environmental issues? Apply for a SPRING 09 internship.
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Publications
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Sowing the Seeds: Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Food Safety
English and Chinese Language. Authors Linden J. Ellis and Jennifer L. Turner examine the challenges China faces in improving its food safety record and opportunities for international cooperation. Such cooperation benefits both the global food market and could help China address human health and environmental threats stemming from food production and processing.
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Event Summaries
Yours, Mine, Ours—China’s Carbon Emissions in an Interdependent World
Thursday, July 17 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Jim Watson, Sussex Energy Group;
Trevor Houser, Rhodium Group, LLC
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Greening Business in China
Friday, July 11 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Terry Yosie, World Environment Center; Weijia Ye, New Ventures/World Resources Institute
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China Environment Forum
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: cef@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4233
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